Electronics hobbyist converts $120 DDR5 SODIMM kit into ‘$1000’ desktop kit to fight RAM crisis — ICs from SK hynix DDR5-5600 16GB modules used to create DDR5-7800 desktop sticks | Tom's Hardwarehttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/electronics-hobbyist-converts-usd120-ddr5-sodimm-kit-into-usd1000-desktop-kit-to-fight-ram-crisis-ics-from-sk-hynix-ddr5-5600-16gb-modules-used-to-create-ddr5-7800-desktop-sticks
You have to be lucky to find such cheap DDR5 SODIMMs, and specialist equipment and skills are required for success.
Rendering 3D Prints From G-Code | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/14/rendering-3d-prints-from-g-code/
Your CAD software generally has some rudimentary tools for rending images of your parts, from simply-textured models to more photo-realistic options. However, those renders are of the geometry you …
DIY Force Sensing Joysticks Are A Cheap Way To Go | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/14/diy-force-sensing-joysticks-are-a-cheap-way-to-go/
Traditional joysticks typically use potentiometers or hall effect sensors to determine the displacement of the stick itself when moved by the operator. Force-sensing joysticks are considered more d…
Emulating A Floppy Drive By Emulating The Drive Itself | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/emulating-a-floppy-drive-by-emulating-the-drive-itself/
The Commodore 1541 is famously the floppy drive for the Commodore 64 series of 8-bit computers, and can be found with relative ease. Not so well known is its 1551 sibling — the drive made for…
Using Kirigami Techniques To Make Functional Designs | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/12/using-kirigami-techniques-to-make-functional-designs/
The variant of origami called kirigami (‘cut paper’ in Japanese) also starts off with a sheet of paper, but it allows for cutting the paper to increase the number of shapes that you can…
Valve Releases Hardware And CAD Reference For New VR Headset | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/10/valve-releases-hardware-and-cad-reference-for-new-vr-headset/
Valve recently began shipping its long-awaited VR headset, the Steam Frame. Now, there is a hardware reference repository that includes everything a budding modder might need, and then some. Want t…
Turning A Run-Over Samsung Galaxy S23 Into A Gaming PC | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/08/turning-a-run-over-samsung-galaxy-s23-into-a-gaming-pc/
Repurposing old smartphones for more general purpose computing isn’t a new thing, but the project by [LastComputer] ups the ante by going from a Samsung Galaxy S23 that looks like it got run …
Keep That Old Radio Alive With An ESP32 | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/07/keep-that-old-radio-alive-with-an-esp32/
As the legacy AM broadcast bands fade away, what happens to the millions of devices built to receive them? Many of them will go into e-waste, but with a century of radios to choose from, some of th…
Build Your Own Pepper’s Ghost Monster Eye for Halloween - Hackster.iohttps://www.hackster.io/news/build-your-own-pepper-s-ghost-monster-eye-for-halloween-130c3f942b35
Designed by the Ruiz Brothers and Liz Clark, the Pepper’s Ghost Monster Eye is a perfect decoration for this Halloween.
Electronic Busy Board Is Fun For Kids And Hackers | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/electronic-busy-board-is-fun-for-kids-and-hackers/
While you may not be familiar with the term “busy board”, you’ve almost certainly seen one. It’s the sort of toy with a bunch of buttons, switches, and of course LEDs, that …
The Game Boy Test Lab Provides A Cartridge-Sized Diagnostic Lab | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/10/02/the-game-boy-test-lab-provides-a-cartridge-sized-diagnostic-lab/
Most of the time when you see a repair video of a Game Boy it’ll be demonstrated with a cartridge inserted and booting up into the game, but does this actually mean that the system is truely …
FPGA For All — CERN Releases “colibri” VHDL Library | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/09/24/fpga-for-all-cern-releases-colibri-vhdl-library/
Since you’re reading Hackaday, we’re pretty sure CERN needs no introduction, so we’ll get right to it– they’re giving back again, this time with a VHDL library called …
Laser Your Way Into Debug Mode On The RP2350 | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/09/19/laser-your-way-into-debug-mode-on-the-rp2350/
The RP2350 is actually a pretty secure chip, all things considered. It has secure boot, ARMv8’s TrustZone to split secure and non-secure execution, and you can permanently disable debug — the…
A Cool New Way to Make Custom LED Display - Hackster.iohttps://www.hackster.io/news/a-cool-new-way-to-make-custom-led-display-f0d40c5cb535
Maker’s Fun Duck came up with a technique (and a Python tool) anyone can use to make custom LED displays.
Print with dozens of colors: Our new open-source ColorMix for EasyPrint and PrusaSlicer - Original Prusa 3D Printershttps://blog.prusa3d.com/our-new-open-source-colormix-model-in-prusaslicer-and-easyprint_136079/
For the past few months, the 3D printing community has been poking at a very interesting question: what if a multi-material printer were not limited to the colors physically loaded on it? And we must say it right now: This is a...
25 outils gratuits pour l’impression 3D : créer, modifier et réparer des modèles – aperçu 2026https://3druck.com/fr/programmes/apercu-des-outils-gratuits-pour-limpression-3d-44162321/#brick-builder
Pour de nombreuses tâches liées à l’impression 3D, il n’est pas nécessaire de disposer d’un logiciel de CAO complet. Des outils web gratuits peuvent créer des engrenages, des boîtes, des lithophanies,
Parchment Paper Paired With 3D-Printed Grid Gives A Nice Glow | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/09/04/parchment-paper-paired-with-3d-printed-grid-gives-a-nice-glow/
This custom enclosure for a 64×64 RGB LED matrix by [Davisan1001] not only provides a mount point for a Raspberry Pi, but presents a clean and smooth face with square pixels thanks to a 3D-pri…
Corners Lifting On 3D Prints? Guide Gives Prevention Tips | Hackadayhttps://hackaday.com/2026/09/03/corners-lifting-on-3d-prints-guide-gives-prevention-tips/
Large prints have a risk of warping, by which we mean corners can lift off the print bed as the object sort of curls inward on itself. It’s not always due to poor filament quality or an uncle…
The amazing USB-C gadgets that play old Nintendo cartridges | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/games/987972/epilogue-gb-sn-operator-review-nintendo-game-boy-snes
The $60 Epilogue SN Operator and $50 GB Operator let you play, save, and backup real Super Nintendo and Game Boy games.